{"product_id":"bed-no-1-laurence-penn-9781838343675","title":"Bed No. 1: From Coma to Cycling","description":"\u003cp\u003eMuch more than one man's battle with COVID-19. This story shines a light on the lives of the people who saved Laurence Penn, a fifty-four-year-old man who is placed into a coma in bed number one on ICU to help him fight the deadly virus sweeping the globe from 2020. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe get a front-line view of the challenges of working in healthcare during a pandemic and meet the research nurses and healthcare team who played a key role in the battle against COVID-19 and how the patients' paperwork broke their hearts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Laurence battles his way back to consciousness, he is convinced he is being held captive in Wales, craves coffee and is confused as heck. Laurence slowly shakes off his coma. We follow his hospital recovery from being paralysed, to walking again with the help of some very shitty shoes, to being reunited with his PPE protected wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis memoir follows his journey from being a stressed-out corporate commuter, to a man who has found a new gratitude for life and for the people who fight so hard for others to keep living. During the book, Laurence pieces together the story of what happened to him for the thirty-six days of darkness with accounts from his family and the healthcare professionals whose expertise gave him back his life and helped him on the road to fitness. In doing so, he truly learns the value of home and what it means to be among those who, through astonishing care and commitment, were able to get him back there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe learn of his determination to be fitter than he was pre-Covid and the help he received from the hospital and his friends and his continuing fundraising to help hospitals nationwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurence Penn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1838343679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781838343675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.52d","brand":"Laurence Penn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442992918783,"sku":"9781838343675","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5de5fa56-aa06-490c-8c5f-e554b18ad7a6.jpg?v=1777201130","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bed-no-1-laurence-penn-9781838343675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}